Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1887-02-25

about margins Auo coCeoA A"0"Ae''
although I know several bright women
who are all the more attractive and no
less womanly because they can at least
listen intelligently to talk on these mat
ters; and it may not be imperative for
her to give at q moments notice an ex-
haustive opinion upon the a~dvisability
of the governments granting subsidies
as an encouragement to infant indus
tries in lieu of maintaining q high pro-
tective tariff. But she should know
how to use a railway guide" and look
after her own baggage in travelling, cash
o check ut the bank, or send a tele-
gram in q rational manner, and without
asking more than fourteen questions of
whatever unfortunate man happens to
be near. These and the other everyday
matters of which they are types, are
fundamental, like the three Rs in book
knowledge, and a girl or woman ought
to be ashamed Of being ignorant of the
one as of the other.
But ONE are to be wives and
mothers, you say they are to be low
ingly cared for, and all burdens and
cares of this world outside their homes
are to be taken from them by their
natural protectors. Well, granted.
Suppose each in the land mar
rios, and her husband lives longer than
she does, and is all that o husband
should be, so that there are no old
maids, nor widows, nor disappointed
wives, who would, of course, have to
earn their own living, or at least man.
age their own affairs. What then?
Women have still no excuse or reason
for ignorance. They are to be COM
panions and helpmeets for their hus-
bands; and how many of these latter
have hardly q thought or an interest in
their lives that is not comprised in the
two words, business" and politics" "
If The wives know nothing of these sub
jects, what sort of q companion can
they be? And, rs to the children, will
the boy have less Or more respect for
his mother and her wishes and author
ity if she can sometimes explain what
he is SO eagerly DESTROYS of knowing
about lei and things, instead of giving
the stereotyped reply, ooh, ask your
father, child; 1 don't know"
But to return to our text of how a
woman may understand about things"
the answer may be gathered from what
hts already been said. Let her go to
work as q MAI does, let her read and
think for herself, and talk with those
who know more of the subjects to be
pursued than herself. Let her observe
and compare, and, above all, acquire
experience by accustominy herself to
do things independently until she has
become self-reliant, and has o sound,
we'll trained judgment that will make
her own mainstay and a sheet anchor OF
sensible and helpful counsel to all
around her.-Erchange.
DIET FOR TIL REJECTION OF COR
PULENCE.
(CoMBIN1NG H BANT1NG N EB-
STEIN METHoDs-TH1NGs TO AVOID
l. Milk, custard, cream, cake, etc.
2. Sugar, syrup, beets, parsnips, con
fections, figs, r%aisins, and all things
sweet. 8. Potatoes, rice, sweet pota.
toes, tapioca and all buildings and
starches. 4. Nuts of every kind,
olives, corn cake. 5. Sweet wines o.
all kinds, beer. 6. Water and liquids
in general, soups avoided or used spar
ingly.
THINGS TO BE EATEN-THE DIETARY.
i. Beefsteak, mutton-chop roast beef
roast mutton; fat need not be who'll,
avoided. 2. Stale bread and toast
bread should be toasted-eat the least
possible of it; butter may be eaten
8. Turnips, celery, lettuce, cucumbers
pickles, beans, peas, and cabbage; pc
tatoes sparingly, best avoided entirely
l. Oysters and CLANS sparingly an6
with not much liquid. 5. Dried beef
smoked salmon, ham, but not tongue
6. Eggs boiled, fried, poached, etc.
sparingly. Z. Chicken and turkey,
8. All fish except salmon, eels, sar
dimes, mackerel, and herring. 8. AL
acid fruits, apples, grapes, etc. 10
Tea and coffee, without sugar or milk
II. Claret or water with vinegar.
REG1ME--1. Muscular exercise. 1
should be plentiful and rapid (wall
four or five miles each day. Keep the
bowels open by saline cathartics. Men
tai exercise. The mind should be vel
occupied either in writing or a course
of reading. The golden rule is to ea
less and work more. - DR.. Foote's
Heath Monthly.
THE WOMAN WHO NEVER 81 .ANDERs
Here's to the woman who neve,
ISLANDERS, who never retails i~ll-naturet
gossip and who does not feel it he,
duty to strengthen out the world AROUND
her. These curios are not so scarce a
men would have nc <h;oL p,,a 5000.